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'Lake Eyre is looking fantastic at the present time,' he said. 'It's got a very good covering of water on it from that rain we had, that depression that came down from the Northern Territory.'

'The whole area, it's not brown and red anymore, it's just green with saltbush and vegetation growing. Quite a lot of the clay pans and swamps are starting to fill up with water.'

'It's very unusual to see this amount of green at this time of year — it's usually burning.'

Neighbouring town Kalamurina has recorded a whopping 182.8 millimetres of rain

Western Queensland has welcomed in the new year with heavy flooding and constant rainfall. Pictured is Windorah in the state's central west, which has seen 78mm of rain in just two days

'265mm for December and 32mm so far for January. Best rainfall for December since 2011... nothing better than walking in the rain!,' wrote Jane Kidd from northern Queensland near the Gulf

Meanwhile, western Queensland has welcomed in the new year with heavy flooding and constant rainfall, giving farmers in drought-stricken lands hope for an end to the devastatingly dry conditions.

Graziers from Cunnamulla in the south to Normanton in the north have enjoyed the wet conditions, with close to 11 shires across Queensland's north being granted flood assistance, the Courier-Mail reported.

Major flood warnings were in place on Saturday afternoon for the Flinders, Norman and Leichhardt Rivers, while a further seven rivers were tipped as potential flood zones.

Jane Kidd from northern Queensland near the Gulf took to Facebook to share the heavy rainfall she had experienced across December.

'265mm for December and 32mm so far for January. Best rainfall for December since 2011... nothing better than walking in the rain!,' she wrote.

Down in Central West Queensland's Windorah, Necie Henney experienced 138mm of rainfall in just two days.

To top the wet conditions off, Sydney is anticipated to be hit with over 75 millimetres of rain by Thursday - or three quarters of the region's monthly average rainfall for January.

Major flood warnings were in place on Saturday afternoon for the Flinders, Norman and Leichhardt Rivers

Graziers from Cunnamulla in the south to Normanton in the north have enjoyed the wet conditions

A cricket game in Blackall, Central West Queensland, went ahead despite a torrential downpour of rain

Sydney is anticipated to be hit with over 75 millimetres of rain by Thursday - or three quarters of the region's monthly average rainfall for January